Very Entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (24 November 2019)

I remember really enjoying this film when I was younger, the idea of giant machines fighting Godzilla creatures was incredibly captivating. If you go into Pacific Rim hoping to view some large scale fight scenes you will certainly get what you want. However the smaller features of this film can drag it down to the level of Marvel films upon rewatch, although I would put this on a higher pedestal than most of those.
My first problem is the film's pacing, we open up with an exhilarating fight scene which really sets the tone of what's to come. But then the rest of the first act really drags. We don't see any more fight scenes for a massive chunk of the film and then the last 30 minutes is just action. I wouldn't say I was ever bored watching Pacific Rim, it just had the tendency of straying away from what made the film stand out.
Another problem I have is the lighting and colour grading. I think a lot of the fight scenes are way too dark and the character scenes have adopted this murky yellow/brown colouration. This could be intentional to create an industrial feel to these scenes however it doesn't excuse the film from looking ugly.
One of the best aspects of this film is it's score/soundtrack which really lifts the action to another level.
Overall I do think Pacific Rim is worth a watch but don't expect to be motivated to ever watch it more than once.